SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Municipal Securities Tender Option Bond Trusts (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) trust	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity
Number of TOB trusts \| trust	2
Municipal bonds owned by trusts, that have credit guarantee provided by the Company	$ 0	$ 0
Municipal securities tender option bond trusts (TOBs)
Variable Interest Entity
Liquidity agreements, customer TOB trust	400,000,000	1,100,000,000
Notional amount of offsetting reimbursement agreements	300,000,000	700,000,000
Liquidity agreements, other trusts	$ 1,200,000,000	$ 1,400,000,000
Minimum \| Municipal securities tender option bond trusts (TOBs)
Variable Interest Entity
The threshold ownership percentage on Residual value of customers TOBs for which the reimbursement agreement applied	25.00%

This element represents the amount of liquidity agreements for customer TOB trusts.

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Represents the amount of liquidity arrangements for other non-consolidated proprietary trusts.

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This element represents the amount of municipal bonds owned by trusts that have a credit guarantee provided by the entity.

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The notional amount of reimbursement agreements in place, which offset liquidity agreements for customer TOB trusts.

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Number of TOB Trusts

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Represent the threshold of ownership percentage on Residual value of customers TOBs in which if the customers own less than the threshold will have to reimburse the entity for any payment made under the liquidity arrangement.

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